Iraq’s government has issued a fresh appeal to the country’s exiled scientists, urging them to come home to help rebuild the economy, the Reuters news agency reported.
More than 200 exiled Iraqi scientists have been invited to a three-day conference sponsored this week in Baghdad by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The goal: Persuade them to return.
“You, the Iraqi brains, are an important part of driving the path we are on,” Sadeq al-Rikabi, a political adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, told the scientists. “We are happy to see … these brains come back again, and I hope their return will not be just for a short time.”
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